2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s (CTBUH) founding. This year’s conference focused on the theme 50 Forward | 50 Back, which explored the most significant advancements in tall buildings and cities from the last 50 years, whilst inquiring into the future of our cities 50 years from now.
Chaired by Claire Swan from Ethos Urban out of Sydney, and accompanied by Doug Voigt from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and James Parakh, an Urban Designer with the city of Toronto, OJB’s Jim Burnett spoke at the Urban Habitat session and discussed how landscape design, transportation and infrastructure planning can be optimized to provide an environment that supports the best quality of life for all citizens.